November 15, 2009 – 9:24 am
Let’s talk about bowing in Japanese culture, also known as Ojigi Ojigi (bowing) is an essential part of Japanese daily life. People bow when saying hello, thanking someone, apologizing, saying good-bye and introducing themselves. Although shaking hands (akushu) has become accepted as a form of greeting, many Japanese still are not used to it. The […]
November 9, 2009 – 5:57 pm
Blowing apart much of the media’s portrayal of Nidal Hasan as just an upset person whose actions had nothing to do with Islamic terrorism, ABC strangely tells the truth U.S. intelligence agencies were aware months ago that Army Major Nidal Malik Hasan was attempting to make contact with people associated with al Qaeda, two American […]
November 9, 2009 – 10:00 am
The 20th Anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall has become a rather big deal over the last few days, with lots of people chiming in in the media. They all seem to be forgetting one thing: it would not have happened, at least certainly not that early, if it wasn’t for Reagan’s brilliant […]
November 6, 2009 – 6:36 pm
I’m sure this was all just prompted by those crazy folks in the Vast Right Wing Conspriacy, just doing their level best to keep the man down. Oh, and surely, they are all raaaaacists to boot Attorney General Buddy Caldwell has served a search warrant at the ACORN office at 2609 Canal Street, according to […]
October 31, 2009 – 8:18 am
As I always say, if you want the truth from the NY Times, check the Saturday edition. The editors all slip out for an early Martini, leaving time for those who believe in journalism to write and post their stories. Witness The best symbol of the $787 billion federal stimulus program turns out not to […]
October 27, 2009 – 4:11 pm
This is what comes about when the President and elected politicians turn segments of the population, such as those in the mortgage business, into the bad guys A La Cañada Flintridge couple trying to save their home from foreclosure were arrested along with three others on suspicion of beating, torturing and robbing a pair of […]
October 19, 2009 – 5:27 pm
It’s pretty darn stupid, but, hey you get to puke out of the balloon! Of course, Balloon Boys parents are playing their own game, one which they will lose.
October 15, 2009 – 9:57 am
Yet another domino has fallen. On Wednesday, the U.K. Mail Online, part of the Daily Mail, was in full wondering mode. After a recitation of some seriously cold weather in the US and Austria, in an article they entitle Whatever happened to global warming? How freezing temperatures are starting to shatter climate change theory, they write […]
October 9, 2009 – 9:26 am
Not to steal any thunder from the earlier posts by John and Jay (this is being cross-posted to my site, Stop The ACLU, and Right Wing News), but, I just couldn’t let this article go to waste That’s the screenshot from the front page of the UK Times Online Barack Obama today sensationally won the […]
October 7, 2009 – 6:10 pm
Change! Hope! Well, lot’s of change, but, none of it is actually hopeful. Except for Ahmadinejad and the Mad Mullahs of Iran For the past five years, researchers in a modest office overlooking the New Haven green have carefully documented cases of assassination and torture of democracy activists in Iran. With more than $3 million […]
